Of the seven Hunterdon and Warren County teams that qualified for the NJSIAA boys basketball tournament, only three had winning records and four were awarded home games for their opening-round contests.

The tournament was scheduled to open tonight with Warren Hills and South Hunterdon in action but those two games have been moved to Tuesday because of weather, joining the five other Hunterdon/Warren teams that were scheduled to open that day.

In those seven games on Tuesday, No. 8 seeded Delaware Valley (11-12) will host ninth-seeded Carteret (14-12) in Central Jersey Group 1 at 7 p.m., No. 3 seed South Hunterdon (18-6) hosts 14th-seeded Academy Charter (12-11) at 8 p.m. in Central Jersey Group 1, No. 8 seed North Warren (14-10) entertains ninth-seeded Dover (13-10) at 5 p.m. in a North 1 Group 2 matchup showcasing two Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference teams and fourth-seeded Hackettstown (17-8) is home against 13th-seeded Whippany Park (8-13) at 7 p.m. in another NJAC pairing in North 2 Group 2.

As for the road warriors, 14th-seeded Warren Hills (8-15) travels to third-seeded Summit (17-4) at 7 p.m. in a North 2 Group 3 game, 14th-seeded North Hunterdon (12-13) is at third-seeded Columbia (17-9) in a 6 p.m. North 2 Group 4 contest and No. 12 seed Hunterdon Central (10-14) buses to fifth-seeded East Brunswick (17-6) at 7 p.m. in a Central Jersey Group 4 game.

Carteret at Delaware Valley -- junior swingman Josh Christ, Del Val's leading scorer with a 15.6-point average, missed his team's last two games with an ankle injury but first-year coach Anthony Culcasi said Christ should be back for the tournament.

"He should be OK," Culcasi said. "He's been getting treatment, working hard with his rehab and he really wants to play."

Whippany Park at Hackettstown -- Hackettstown features a young team led by junior forward Jeremy DelValle (12.5 ppg.), junior guard Logan Allen (10.8 ppg.) and sophomore point guard James Britt (13.5 ppg.). Ryan Gaynor leads the Wildcats, who play in the NJAC's Liberty Division, with a 15.6-point average.

Dover at North Warren -- The Patriots had won four straight but are coming off their clunker of the year, a 52-28 loss to Phillipsburg on Friday where Glen Nanius, the leading scorer in the state with a 28.7 average, was inexplicably blanked. Dover is an up-and-down NJAC Liberty Division team that features 7-2 center David Bollok and Ryan Charyshyn who leads the Tigers with a 19.5 scoring average. Dover has beaten Newton, the NJAC Freedon Division runnerup, but has head-scratching losses to Kittatinny and Hopatcong, both of whom finished in the bottom half of the Freedom Division.

Academy Charter at South Hunterdon -- Jake Whitaker (12.9 ppg.) leads South Hunterdon, which matches up against the Panthers, who compete as an independent. Academy Charter's leading scorer is Daeson Barnes (12.8 ppg.), a 5-11 freshman guard.

Warren Hills at Summit -- Warren Hills limps into the postseason having lost its last three games but Summit, despite its 17-4 record, also straggles into the tourney having lost its last three games after being 17-1 at one point. Point guard Darrien Pinkman leads Warren Hills with a 14.1 average while Rob Walsh (11.7 ppg.) tops the Hilltoppers. Sidenote: Summit A.D. is Bob Lockhart, also a former A.D. and football coach at Warren Hills.

North Hunterdon at Columbia -- North Hunterdon undoubtedly received the toughest draw in Columbia, ranked No. 9 in the the state among Group 4 schools by the Star-Ledger. The Big Three of David Runcie (18.2 ppg.), Michael Runcie (16.4 ppg.) and Robert Gordon (12.5 ppg.) carry the Cougars. North Hunterdon is playing its best ball of the season, winning five of its last six, and feature physical 6-1 forward Ryan McDowell (12.6 ppg.) and 6-2 guard Mike Magaleski (10.5 ppg.).

Hunterdon Central at East Brunswick -- Jeff Dzierzawiec, a 6-3 senior forward, gives Hunterdon Central firepower with a 16.2 average. East Brunswick plays out of the Greater Middlesex Conference and the Bears boast a balanced offense headed by Garry Baumer (11.7 ppg.).